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Caitlin MacNeal

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Caitlin MacNeal is a News Writer based in Washington, D.C. Before joining TPM, Caitlin interned and wrote for the Huffington Post, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday said he had concerns about the Obama administration's decision to release five Guantanamo Bay prisoners in exchange for the freedom of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and called for congressional hearings.

“And while we all rejoice for Sergeant Bergdahl and his family, it is important that we get clarity in the days and weeks ahead about not only how this exchange came about but what steps the President has taken to guarantee this exchange is not a signal that it is open season on our fellow citizens, both military and civilian personnel, serving our country abroad so faithfully," Boehner said in a statement. "One of their greatest protections – knowing that the United States does not negotiate with terrorists – has been compromised."

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday night joined the chorus of conservatives criticizing the father of released captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for his actions and appearance during the five years his son was in captivity.

"But it is Robert Bergdahl, the father, who is also engendering some controversy. He has learned to speak Pashto, the language of the Taliban, and looks like a Muslim," O'Reilly said on his show. "He is also somewhat sympathetic to Islam, actually thanking Allah right in front of the president."

A Georgia man on Saturday accidentally shot a friend with a gun he thought was fake, police told the Moultrie Observer.

Thomas Moore was leaving a Moultrie, Ga. bar with a few friends. Moore told the police that he took a revolver from one of his friends. He thought that the .38 Smith & Wesson wasn't a "real gun" because it had a laser.

“It’s been generations since a member of the Senate has abused the power of his office to attack private citizens the way Harry Reid has sought to vilify Charles and David Koch,” the group's co-founder, Jenny Beth Martin, said in a statement.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Monday slammed the new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to curb carbon emissions.

"The president’s plan is nuts, there’s really no more succinct way to describe it," Boehner said in a statement. "Americans are still asking ‘where are the jobs?’ and here he is proposing rules to ship jobs overseas for years to come."